CONTENT WARNING
Below is a list of content warnings for We Were Restless Things. Please note that several of them contain spoilers.
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A character dies by drowning, and it is narrated in a first-person flashback. Additionally, two other characters nearly drown.
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Grief/mourning, specifically the deaths of friends and siblings
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References to the child abuse and neglect, both physical and mental, of a supporting character
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An asexual main character grapples with feelings of internalized acephobia
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Extensive portrayal of an asexual main character’s uncertainty in navigating romantic relationships with her allosexual partners
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A character has scars on his arm from previously engaging in self-harm/cutting.
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A character flees his abusive family to live first with a friend, then in a tent.
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An asexual character consents to sex with her allosexual partner, though she does not experience a desire for sex. She is immediately uncomfortable with the attempt, and they stop.
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References to the suicide of a supporting character’s brother
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Absent parents. A main character never knew her father. A supporting character’s father left when he was a child, and they have not spoken since.
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References to underage drinking and marijuana use by some characters
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Some violence, mainly in the form of punching
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Some references to characters being bullied in grade school
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One character admits to having previously catfished another.